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Recovery Energy Reports Second Quarter Financial Results

During the quarter ended June 30, 2010, average daily net production was 659 BOPD net and net oil sales were $4,157,757 with the average oil price received $70.13 per barrel.

For the six months period ended June 30, 2010, Total Revenue was $5,685,200. The company reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders of ($6,017,492) or ($0.32) per share. The net loss attributable to common stockholders for the six months period ended June 30, 2010 include non-cash expenses of approximately $6.5 million comprised of $2.0 million of amortization expense related to deferred financings cost, and $4.5 million of non-cash compensation expense as well as other corporate start-up expenses. A comparison against the company’s operations for the comparable 2009 period were not meaningful as its current operations commenced in 2010.

Cash flow from operations: During the three and six months periods ended June 30, 2010, net cash provided by operating activities was $1,913,423 and $1,718,092, respectively.

Recovery Energy, Inc. is a Denver, Colorado based oil & gas exploration and production company with operations and assets in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin.

Three months ended June 30,

Six months ended

March 6, 2009 (inception) through

2010

2009

June 30, 2010

June 30, 2009

Revenue

Oil sales

$

4,157,757

$

-

$

4,780,352

$

-

Operating fees

1,688

-

2,813

-

Realized gain on hedges

272,829

-

272,829

-

Price risk management activities

762,575

-

629,206

-

Total Revenues

5,194,849

-

5,685,200

-

Costs and expenses

Production costs

224,111

-

345,988

-

Production taxes

485,424

-

520,911

-

General and administrative (includes non-cash expense of $2.5 million and $4.5 million for the three and six month periods ending June 30, 2010)

3,068,698

200

5,412,019

200

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

2,209,496

-

2,441,413

-

Total costs and expenses

5,987,729

200

8,720,331

200

Loss from operations

(792,880

)

(200

)

(3,035,131

)

(200

)

Unrealized gain on Lock-up

8,858

-

24,067

-

Interest expense (includes non-cash deferred financing cost amortization expense of $1.5 million and $2.0 million for the three and six month periods ending June 30, 2010)

(2,412,757

)

-

(3,006,428

)

-

NET LOSS

$

(3,196,779

)

$

(200

)

$

(6,017,492

)

$

(200

)

Net loss per common share

Basic and diluted

$

(0.13

)

$

(0.32

)

Weighted average shares outstanding:

Basic and diluted

25,451,688

18,619,320

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements; please refer to the company’s current report on Form 10-Q filed on August 16, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The statements contained in this press release that are not historical are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including statements, without limitation, regarding the Company’s expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements relate to, among other things: (1) the Company’s proposed exploration and drilling operations on its various properties and targeted properties, (2) the expected production and revenue from its various properties and targeted properties, (3) estimates regarding the reserve potential of its various properties and targeted properties and (4) the expected production and revenue from the Company’s anticipate acquisitions. These statements are qualified by important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include but are not limited to: (1) the Company’s ability to finance the continued exploration and drilling operations on its various properties and targeted properties, (2) positive confirmation of the reserves, production and operating expenses associated with its various properties and targeted properties; and (3) the general risks associated with oil and gas exploration and development, including those risks and factors described from time to time in the Company’s reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed in 2010. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update or revise such statements to reflect new circumstances or unanticipated events as they occur.